Marcello Rodriguez Pons

Marcello Rodriguez Pons
Born	August 24, 1965
Nationality	Argentine

Marcello Rodríguez Pons is an Argentine architect and sailor. He is on the board of HCP Architecture & Engineering.^[1]

Early years

Marcello Rodriguez Pons is an architect born in the city of Cordoba, Argentina. Part of his professional work during the first years was of a conceptual nature, and gradually, as the years passed, his ideas materialised into concrete projects. His work has been recognized on several occasions with International Architecture Awards. Son of a German mother and an Argentinian father, he did his elementary schooling at Academia Arguello, in his home town. He developed his first experiences in design at architectural firms while he studied architecture at the National University of Córdoba In 1994, he formed a small architectural firm, and in 2000 he completed his Masters Degree in Architectural and Urban Design at the same university in Argentina. He currently lives in Malaga, Spain, where he works at HCP & Architecture and Engineering, one of the most important offices of architecture, engineering and town planning in Spain, since 2002. His activity as an architect is based on the development of Master Plans for communities all over the world, and the design of iconic buildings in a modern style, taking special care on the light and how it affects his buildings and cutting-edge materials, primarily on the façades of his buildings.

Works and Projects

Among his main architectural works are the People Square Towers in the city of Hefei, China, a multifunctional complex that features a surrounding structure in the form of “scales” that fulfil the double function of supporting the structure and acting as a filter for the sunlight, making it a project with one of the highest levels of sustainability. On the island of Bahrain in the Persian Gulf, Amwaj Park District is a project with a “skin” featuring horizontal aluminium strips that provide dynamism and unity to the whole complex, which is located on an artificial manmade island. Among his Master Plan projects, Alcaidesa Universidad del Golf in Spain and Dannat Resort in Saudi Arabia stand out on account of their gentle shapes that merge firmly and harmoniously into their respective environments.

Publications

• 2010 – AV Proyectos – No. 38 - Solar Decathlon
• 2010 – Arquitectura Viva – N°129 – Shanghai
• 2009 - CEO Middle East – No. 11 - Full Throttle
• 2009 - Arabian Business, Creativity Counts

Sports Prizes and Awards

In addition to his professional activity as an architect, Marcello Rodriguez Pons has represented Argentina eight times in World Championships in different classes of windsurfing and in sailing boats of different lengths; he was among the top ten on three occasions. He won a Gold Medal in the 1990 World Windsurf Championship Division II, Buenos Aires, Argentina Campeonato Mundial de Platu 25.^[2][3]

References

1. ^ http://www.arabianbusiness.com/creativity-counts-10881.html
2. ^ http://www.evri.com/media/article;jsessionid=1hg4k8p2zov66?title=ISAF+:+Sailor+biog+page&page=http://www.sailing.org/biog.php?id%3DARGMR5&referring_uri=/person/marcello-rodriguez-pons-0x538ed9%3Bjsessionid%3D1hg4k8p2zov66&referring_title=Evri
3. ^ http://www.windsurfargentino.com/2009/07/campeonato-mundial-de-windsurf-de-formula-experience-cadiz-espa%C3%B1a-el-argentino-marcelo-rodriguez-pon.html

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Date of birth	August 24, 1965
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